Glossary of Recycling Terms

We clarify the most commonly used application terms in the recycling industry.

Glass Recovery

WEEE Rigid Plastic Recovery

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C&D Waste Recovery

Plastic Flake Separation

Gypsum Recovery

Leicester, UK

Memphis, Tennessee - USA

Alfreton, UK

Fort Worth, Texas - USA

Cleaned Plastic Granules

Oxfordshire, UK

Ohio, USA

Barnsley, UK

Leicestershire, UK

Lincolnshire, UK

Gypsum Recovery

Ellesmere Port, UK

Barnsley, UK

Peterborough, UK

St Albans, UK

Cleaned Glass

Clean MRF (Materials Recovery Facility)A facility that accepts recyclable commingled materials that has already been separated at the source from municipal solid waste generated by either residential or commercial sources.

Dirty MRF (Materials Recovery Facility)A facility that accepts a mixed solid waste stream and then proceeds to separate out desginated recyclable materials through a combination of manual and mechanical sorting.

Wet MRF (Materials Recovery Facility)Combines a dirty MRF with water which acts to density separate and clean the output stream and clean the output streams. It also hydrocrushes and dissolves biodegradable organics in solution to make them suitable for anaerobic digestion.

RDF or SRF (Refuse Derived Fuel or Solid Recovered Fuel)Fuel produced by shredding and dehydrating solid waste (MSW) with a waste conveter technology.

MBT (Mechanical Biological Treatment)A form of waste processing facility that combines a sorting facility with a form of biological treatment such as composting or anaerobic digestion. MBT plants are designed to process mixed houshold waste as well as commercial and industrial wastes.